Acquisition of oocyte competence to develop as an embryo: integrated nuclear and cytoplasmic events

Follicular Growth-Stimulated Cows Provide Favorable Oocytes for Producing Cloned Embryos

(2018) Satoshi Sugimura et al.   Cellular Reprogramming

Maternal mRNAs with distinct 3′ UTRs define the temporal pattern of Ccnb1 synthesis during mouse oocyte meiotic maturation

(2017) Ye Yang et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Transcriptomics analysis and human preimplantation development

(2017) Thomas Freour et al.   Journal of Proteomics

The RNA m 6 A Reader YTHDF2 Is Essential for the Post-transcriptional Regulation of the Maternal Transcriptome and Oocyte Competence

(2017) Ivayla Ivanova et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

mRNA 3′ uridylation and poly(A) tail length sculpt the mammalian maternal transcriptome

(2017) Marcos Morgan et al.   NATURE

Conserved roles of mouse DUX and human DUX4 in activating cleavage-stage genes and MERVL/HERVL retrotransposons

(2017) Peter G Hendrickson et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Mechanisms of Aneuploidy in Human Eggs

(2017) Alexandre Webster et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

The Translation of Cyclin B1 and B2 is Differentially Regulated during Mouse Oocyte Reentry into the Meiotic Cell Cycle

(2017) Seung Jin Han et al.   Scientific Reports

Mutations in PADI6 Cause Female Infertility Characterized by Early Embryonic Arrest

(2016) Yao Xu et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

An Important Role of Pumilio 1 in Regulating the Development of the Mammalian Female Germline1

(2016) Winifred Mak et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Luteinizing Hormone Causes Phosphorylation and Activation of the cGMP Phosphodiesterase PDE5 in Rat Ovarian Follicles, Contributing, Together with PDE1 Activity, to the Resumption of Meiosis1

(2016) Jeremy R. Egbert et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

A Surveillance Mechanism Ensures Repair of DNA Lesions during Zygotic Reprogramming

(2016) Sabrina Ladstätter et al.   CELL

Role for PADI6 in securing the mRNA-MSY2 complex to the oocyte cytoplasmic lattices

(2016) Xiaoqiu Liu et al.   CELL CYCLE

Dephosphorylation of juxtamembrane serines and threonines of the NPR2 guanylyl cyclase is required for rapid resumption of oocyte meiosis in response to luteinizing hormone

(2016) Leia C. Shuhaibar et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

FSH Regulates mRNA Translation in Mouse Oocytes and Promotes Developmental Competence

(2016) Federica Franciosi et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Assisted reproductive technology in Europe, 2012: results generated from European registers by ESHRE

(2016)   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Meiotic spindle assembly and chromosome segregation in oocytes

(2016) Isma Bennabi et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

DAZL and CPEB1 regulate mRNA translation synergistically during oocyte maturation

(2016) Joao P. Sousa Martins et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Improvements in IVF in women of advanced age

(2016) Norbert Gleicher et al.   JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY

Proteomic Analysis of Mouse Oocytes Identifies PRMT7 as a Reprogramming Factor that Replaces SOX2 in the Induction of Pluripotent Stem Cells

(2016) Bingyuan Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH

Is there a role for DAZL in human female fertility?

(2016) Roseanne Rosario et al.   MOLECULAR HUMAN REPRODUCTION

BTG4 is a meiotic cell cycle–coupled maternal-zygotic-transition licensing factor in oocytes

(2016) Chao Yu et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Mutations in TUBB8 and Human Oocyte Meiotic Arrest

(2016) Ruizhi Feng et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Mitotic protein kinase CDK1 phosphorylation of mRNA translation regulator 4E-BP1 Ser83 may contribute to cell transformation

(2016) Celestino Velásquez et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Dynamic secretion during meiotic reentry integrates the function of the oocyte and cumulus cells

(2016) Hakan Cakmak et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Translational control by 5'-untranslated regions of eukaryotic mRNAs

(2016) A. G. Hinnebusch et al.   SCIENCE

BTG4 is a meiotic cell cycle–coupled maternal-zygotic-transition licensing factor in oocytes

(2016) Chao Yu et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The BTG4 and CAF1 complex prevents the spontaneous activation of eggs by deadenylating maternal mRNAs

(2016) Michał Pasternak et al.   Open Biology

mRNA poly(A)-tail changes specified by deadenylation broadly reshape translation in Drosophila oocytes and early embryos

(2016) Stephen W Eichhorn et al.   eLife

Maternal SIN3A Regulates Reprogramming of Gene Expression During Mouse Preimplantation Development1

(2015) Richard Jimenez et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Embryonic Poly(A)-Binding Protein Is Required During Early Stages of Mouse Oocyte Development for Chromatin Organization, Transcriptional Silencing, and Meiotic Competence1

(2015) Katie M. Lowther et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Mobilization of Dormant Cnot7 mRNA Promotes Deadenylation of Maternal Transcripts During Mouse Oocyte Maturation1

(2015) Jun Ma et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Translation in the mammalian oocyte in space and time

(2015) Andrej Susor et al.   CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH

How oocytes try to get it right: spindle checkpoint control in meiosis

(2015) Sandra A. Touati et al.   CHROMOSOMA

Postovulatory aging affects dynamics of mRNA, expression and localization of maternal effect proteins, spindle integrity and pericentromeric proteins in mouse oocytes

(2015) T. Trapphoff et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Diagnosis of human preimplantation embryo viability

(2015) David K. Gardner et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION UPDATE

Genetics of primary ovarian insufficiency: new developments and opportunities

(2015) Yingying Qin et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION UPDATE

Oocyte maturation: gamete-somatic cells interactions, meiotic resumption, cytoskeletal dynamics and cytoplasmic reorganization

(2015) Giovanni Coticchio et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION UPDATE

Chromatin remodelling and histonemRNA accumulation in bovine germinal vesicle oocytes

(2015) R. Labrecque et al.   MOLECULAR REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

Active diffusion positions the nucleus in mouse oocytes

(2015) Maria Almonacid et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Intercellular signaling via cyclic GMP diffusion through gap junctions restarts meiosis in mouse ovarian follicles

(2015) Leia C. Shuhaibar et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Error-prone chromosome-mediated spindle assembly favors chromosome segregation defects in human oocytes

(2015) Z. Holubcova et al.   SCIENCE

Meiosis and Maternal Aging: Insights from Aneuploid Oocytes and Trisomy Births

(2015) Mary Herbert et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Temporal and spatial regulation of translation in the mammalian oocyte via the mTOR–eIF4F pathway

(2015) Andrej Susor et al.   Nature Communications

A DNMT3A2-HDAC2 Complex Is Essential for Genomic Imprinting and Genome Integrity in Mouse Oocytes

(2015) Pengpeng Ma et al.   Cell Reports

Haploinsufficiency, but Not Defective Paternal 5mC Oxidation, Accounts for the Developmental Defects of Maternal Tet3 Knockouts

(2015) Azusa Inoue et al.   Cell Reports

Cytoplasmic polyadenylation in mammalian oocyte maturation

(2015) Juan M. Reyes et al.   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-RNA

Cytoplasmic Polyadenylation Element Binding Proteins in Development, Health, and Disease

(2014) Maria Ivshina et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

From Egg to Gastrula: How the Cell Cycle Is Remodeled During the Drosophila Mid-Blastula Transition

(2014) Jeffrey A. Farrell et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

Multiple Pathways Mediate Luteinizing Hormone Regulation of cGMP Signaling in the Mouse Ovarian Follicle1

(2014) Xueqing Liu et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Lin28a Is Dormant, Functional, and Dispensable During Mouse Oocyte-to-Embryo Transition1

(2014) Matyas Flemr et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

An oocyte-specific ELAVL2 isoform is a translational repressor ablated from meiotically competent antral oocytes

(2014) Katerina Chalupnikova et al.   CELL CYCLE

Dephosphorylation and inactivation of NPR2 guanylyl cyclase in granulosa cells contributes to the LH-induced decrease in cGMP that causes resumption of meiosis in rat oocytes

(2014) J. R. Egbert et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Hira-Mediated H3.3 Incorporation Is Required for DNA Replication and Ribosomal RNA Transcription in the Mouse Zygote

(2014) Chih-Jen Lin et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Effect of in vitro culture period on birthweight of singleton newborns

(2014) Jinliang Zhu et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Translational control in germline stem cell development

(2014) Maija Slaidina et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Poly(A)-tail profiling reveals an embryonic switch in translational control

(2014) Alexander O. Subtelny et al.   NATURE

Histone variant H3.3 is an essential maternal factor for oocyte reprogramming

(2014) D. Wen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Maternal age effect on mouse oocytes: new biological insight from proteomic analysis

(2014) Caroline Schwarzer et al.   REPRODUCTION

Reading RNA methylation codes through methyl-specific binding proteins

(2014) Xiao Wang et al.   RNA Biology

Zar1 represses translation in Xenopus oocytes and binds to the TCS in maternal mRNAs with different characteristics than Zar2

(2013) Tomomi M. Yamamoto et al.   Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

The Effect of Cilostamide on Gap Junction Communication Dynamics, Chromatin Remodeling, and Competence Acquisition in Pig Oocytes Following Parthenogenetic Activation and Nuclear Transfer1

(2013) Cecilia Dieci et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Maternal factors required for oocyte developmental competence in mice: Transcriptome analysis of non-surrounded nucleolus (NSN) and surrounded nucleolus (SN) oocytes

(2013) Jun-Yu Ma et al.   CELL CYCLE

Histone variant H3.3 maintains a decondensed chromatin state essential for mouse preimplantation development

(2013) C.-J. Lin et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Rebuilding MTOCs upon centriole loss during mouse oogenesis

(2013) Małgorzata Łuksza et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Biased inheritance of mitochondria during asymmetric cell division in the mouse oocyte

(2013) C. M. Dalton et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Mode of oocyte maturation affects EGF-like peptide function and oocyte competence

(2013) D. Richani et al.   MOLECULAR HUMAN REPRODUCTION

The study of mammalian oocyte competence by transcriptome analysis: progress and challenges

(2013) R. Labrecque et al.   MOLECULAR HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Nanog, Pou5f1 and SoxB1 activate zygotic gene expression during the maternal-to-zygotic transition

(2013) Miler T. Lee et al.   NATURE

Somatic cells regulate maternal mRNA translation and developmental competence of mouse oocytes

(2013) Jing Chen et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

The road to maturation: somatic cell interaction and self-organization of the mammalian oocyte

(2013) Rong Li et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Transcription Profile of Candidate Genes for the Acquisition of Competence During Oocyte Growth in Cattle

(2013) IR Bessa et al.   REPRODUCTION IN DOMESTIC ANIMALS

DNA-based methodology for the quantification of gastrointestinal nematode eggs in sheep faeces

(2013) Jody McNally et al.   VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY

Embryonic poly(A)-binding protein (EPAB) is required for oocyte maturation and female fertility in mice

(2012) Ozlem Guzeloglu-Kayisli et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

A Zinc-Dependent Mechanism Regulates Meiotic Progression in Mammalian Oocytes1

(2012) Miranda L. Bernhardt et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Maternally Recruited DCP1A and DCP2 Contribute to Messenger RNA Degradation During Oocyte Maturation and Genome Activation in Mouse1

(2012) Jun Ma et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Spindle assembly checkpoint signalling is uncoupled from chromosomal position in mouse oocytes

(2012) L. Gui et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Timing of anaphase-promoting complex activation in mouse oocytes is predicted by microtubule-kinetochore attachment but not by bivalent alignment or tension

(2012) S. I. R. Lane et al.   DEVELOPMENT

DAZL is essential for stress granule formation implicated in germ cell survival upon heat stress

(2012) B. Kim et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Xenopus laevis zygote arrest 2 (zar2) encodes a zinc finger RNA-binding protein that binds to the translational control sequence in the maternal Wee1 mRNA and regulates translation

(2012) Amanda Charlesworth et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

The dynamics of in vitro maturation of germinal vesicle oocytes

(2012) Laura Escrich et al.   FERTILITY AND STERILITY

Reproductive potential of a metaphase II oocyte retrieved after ovarian stimulation: an analysis of 23 354 ICSI cycles

(2012) D. Stoop et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Does long in vitro culture promote large for gestational age babies?

(2012) S. Makinen et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Time-lapse monitoring as a tool for clinical embryo assessment

(2012) K. Kirkegaard et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

ART and health: clinical outcomes and insights on molecular mechanisms from rodent studies

(2012) S. K. Feuer et al.   MOLECULAR HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Human aneuploidy: mechanisms and new insights into an age-old problem

(2012) So I. Nagaoka et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Error-prone mammalian female meiosis from silencing the spindle assembly checkpoint without normal interkinetochore tension

(2012) A. Kolano et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

National, Regional, and Global Trends in Infertility Prevalence Since 1990: A Systematic Analysis of 277 Health Surveys

(2012) Maya N. Mascarenhas et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Absence of MSY2 in Mouse Oocytes Perturbs Oocyte Growth and Maturation, RNA Stability, and the Transcriptome

(2011) S. Medvedev et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Gatekeeper of pluripotency: A common Oct4 transcriptional network operates in mouse eggs and embryonic stem cells

(2011) Maurizio Zuccotti et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Context-dependent regulation of Musashi-mediated mRNA translation and cell cycle regulation.

(2011) Melanie C. MacNicol et al.   CELL CYCLE

Follicle-stimulating hormone administered at the time of human chorionic gonadotropin trigger improves oocyte developmental competence in in vitro fertilization cycles: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

(2011) Julie D. Lamb et al.   FERTILITY AND STERILITY

Genome-wide analysis of translation reveals a critical role for deleted in azoospermia-like (Dazl) at the oocyte-to-zygote transition

(2011) J. Chen et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Pre-ovulatory LH/hCG surge decreases C-type natriuretic peptide secretion by ovarian granulosa cells to promote meiotic resumption of pre-ovulatory oocytes

(2011) K. Kawamura et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Proteomic Analysis of Mouse Oocytes Reveals 28 Candidate Factors of the “Reprogrammome”

(2011) Martin J. Pfeiffer et al.   JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH

Novel signaling mechanisms in the ovary during oocyte maturation and ovulation

(2011) Marco Conti et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY

Changes in histone H4 acetylation during in vivo versus in vitro maturation of equine oocytes

(2011) Federica Franciosi et al.   MOLECULAR HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Direct reprogramming of somatic cells is promoted by maternal transcription factor Glis1

(2011) Momoko Maekawa et al.   NATURE

The role of Tet3 DNA dioxygenase in epigenetic reprogramming by oocytes

(2011) Tian-Peng Gu et al.   NATURE

Which morphological scoring system is relevant in human embryo development?

(2011) Markus Montag et al.   PLACENTA

Recent insights into oocyte - follicle cell interactions provide opportunities for the development of new approaches to in vitro maturation

(2011) Robert B. Gilchrist   REPRODUCTION FERTILITY AND DEVELOPMENT

Immunolocalization of BRG1–SWI/SNF protein during folliculogenesis in the porcine ovary

(2011) Livia Aires Lisboa et al.   ZYGOTE

Protein kinase A regulates resumption of meiosis by phosphorylation of Cdc25B in mammalian oocytes

(2010) Giorgia Pirino et al.   CELL CYCLE

MicroRNA Activity Is Suppressed in Mouse Oocytes

(2010) Jun Ma et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

MicroRNA Function Is Globally Suppressed in Mouse Oocytes and Early Embryos

(2010) Nayoung Suh et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Nuclear and spindle positioning during oocyte meiosis

(2010) Amy S Fabritius et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Meiosis requires a translational positive loop where CPEB1 ensues its replacement by CPEB4

(2010) Ana Igea et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Gene expression profiles of single human mature oocytes in relation to age

(2010) M.L. Grøndahl et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Positioning to get out of meiosis: the asymmetry of division

(2010) S. Brunet et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION UPDATE

Wee1B, Myt1, and Cdc25 function in distinct compartments of the mouse oocyte to control meiotic resumption

(2010) Jeong Su Oh et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Redistribution of mitochondria leads to bursts of ATP production during spontaneous mouse oocyte maturation

(2010) Yuansong Yu et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY

Portrait of an oocyte: our obscure origin

(2010) Roger Gosden et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Mitochondrial function in the human oocyte and embryo and their role in developmental competence

(2010) Jonathan Van Blerkom   MITOCHONDRION

Transcriptomic profiling of human oocytes: association of meiotic aneuploidy and altered oocyte gene expression

(2010) E. Fragouli et al.   MOLECULAR HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Chromatin remodelling during development

(2010) Lena Ho et al.   NATURE

Potential Role for MATER in Cytoplasmic Lattice Formation in Murine Oocytes

(2010) Boram Kim et al.   PLoS One

Microarray analysis of gene expression during early development: a cautionary overview

(2010) Claude Robert   REPRODUCTION

Granulosa Cell Ligand NPPC and Its Receptor NPR2 Maintain Meiotic Arrest in Mouse Oocytes

(2010) M. Zhang et al.   SCIENCE

Cyclic GMP Signaling Is Involved in the Luteinizing Hormone-Dependent Meiotic Maturation of Mouse Oocytes1

(2009) Sergio Vaccari et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Cyclic GMP from the surrounding somatic cells regulates cyclic AMP and meiosis in the mouse oocyte

(2009) R. P. Norris et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Molecular characterization and polyadenylation-regulated expression of cyclin B1 and Cdc2 in porcine oocytes and early parthenotes

(2009) Ding-Xiao Zhang et al.   MOLECULAR REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

The position of the germinal vesicle and the chromatin organization together provide a marker of the developmental competence of mouse antral oocytes

(2009) Michele Bellone et al.   REPRODUCTION

Gene expression profiling of human oocytes at different maturational stages and after in vitro maturation

(2008) Dagan Wells et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

Function and regulation of the mammalian Musashi mRNA translational regulator

(2008) Angus M. MacNicol et al.   BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS

Meiotic Arrest in Human Oocytes Is Maintained by a Gs Signaling Pathway1

(2008) Andrea DiLuigi et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

A Combinatorial Code for CPE-Mediated Translational Control

(2008) Maria Piqué et al.   CELL

Role for PADI6 and the cytoplasmic lattices in ribosomal storage in oocytes and translational control in the early mouse embryo

(2008) P. Yurttas et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Luteinizing hormone causes MAP kinase-dependent phosphorylation and closure of connexin 43 gap junctions in mouse ovarian follicles: one of two paths to meiotic resumption

(2008) R. P. Norris et al.   DEVELOPMENT

The dual bromodomain and WD repeat-containing mouse protein BRWD1 is required for normal spermiogenesis and the oocyte–embryo transition

(2008) Dana L. Philipps et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

CDC25A phosphatase controls meiosis I progression in mouse oocytes

(2008) Petr Solc et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Age-associated increase in aneuploidy and changes in gene expression in mouse eggs

(2008) Hua Pan et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Dynamic changes of germinal vesicle chromatin configuration and transcriptional activity during maturation of rabbit follicles

(2008) Hui-Li Wang et al.   FERTILITY AND STERILITY

Effects of cilostamide and forskolin on the meiotic resumption and embryonic development of immature human oocytes

(2008) Y.-m. Shu et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Gene expression profiling of human oocytes following in vivo or in vitro maturation

(2008) Gayle M. Jones et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Oocyte-secreted factors: regulators of cumulus cell function and oocyte quality

(2008) Robert B. Gilchrist et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION UPDATE

Use of comprehensive chromosomal screening for embryo assessment: microarrays and CGH

(2008) D. Wells et al.   MOLECULAR HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Mos 3′ UTR regulatory differences underlie species-specific temporal patterns of Mos mRNA cytoplasmic polyadenylation and translational recruitment during oocyte maturation

(2008) C. Krishna Prasad et al.   MOLECULAR REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

A Novel and Critical Role for Oct4 as a Regulator of the Maternal-Embryonic Transition

(2008) Kira Foygel et al.   PLoS One

Stem–loop binding protein expressed in growing oocytes is required for accumulation of mRNAs encoding histones H3 and H4 and for early embryonic development in the mouse

(2007) Daniel R. Arnold et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Selection of embryos by morphology is less effective than by a combination of aneuploidy testing and morphology observations

(2007) Santiago Munné et al.   FERTILITY AND STERILITY

Gap junctions in the ovary: Expression, localization and function

(2007) Eran Gershon et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY

Oocyte morphology and transcriptional silencing in relation to chromatin remodeling during the final phases of bovine oocyte growth

(2007) Valentina Lodde et al.   MOLECULAR REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT